Recipe: Yummy Sig's Friend, Butter Chicken and/or Vegetarian Recipe from Delhi

Sig's Friend, Butter Chicken and/or Vegetarian Recipe from Delhi. He used two recipes for reference - Jimmy Seervai's recipe featured in Masterchef Australia and chef R John's recipe (of moti mahal restaurant, Delhi). But mostly he went by his taste buds in combining flavours. Read on to see how many have you ticked off.

People all over India order it more than any other dish when they go out to eat. This murgh makhani recipe is well go with all Indian flat breads and fried rice recipes. This chicken gravy must be a favourite for many non vegetarian lovers as it is mildly spiced and creamy to have as a side dish. You can have Sig's Friend, Butter Chicken and/or Vegetarian Recipe from Delhi using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sig's Friend, Butter Chicken and/or Vegetarian Recipe from Delhi

1. It's of marinade.
2. Prepare 900 grams of boneless chicken or Tofu/ Quorn.
3. It's 6 of cloves smoked garlic.
4. You need 1/2 tsp of each, garam masala, cumin powder, salt or salt substitute.
5. You need 1/2 of inch fresh ginger.
6. It's 2/3 tsp of chili powder or hot paprika powder.
7. You need 1/2 of inch fresh ginger root.
8. It's 1/4 tsp of coriander powder.
9. You need 2 tsp of lime juice.
10. You need 14 of fl oz full fat yoghurt.
11. You need 1 pinch of tandoori colouring or a few drops red food colouring.
12. You need of sauce.
13. It's 675 grams of tomatoes or use about 500 gr canned whole tomatoes.
14. It's 1/2 tsp of dried fenugreek leaves or use a sprinkling dried fenugreek.
15. It's 90 grams of cold butter.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of smoked paprika.
17. You need 1/4 tsp of garam masala.
18. It's 45 ml of single cream.

This dish is considered to be the staple food for non-vegetarian Delhiites & has many die-hard. The name alone can make you want to enjoy this ever-so-popular Indian dish. There are many versions of how this dish was created and most historians agree that the iconic. Now you too can make it the way it is meant to be right at home.

Sig's Friend, Butter Chicken and/or Vegetarian Recipe from Delhi step by step

1. Put your yogurt in a cheese cloth and let it to hang until all the liquid is gone Puree the garlic and ginger, add all marinating spices. Empty the yogurt into a bowl add the spice mixture and stir until all is well combined..
2. Marinade the chicken pieces for at least 3 hours or overnight in the yoghurt mixture.
3. In the meantime or the next day, either scald the fresh tomatoes and peel mash up..
4. When you are ready to cook the chicken add it with its marinating sauce into a pot , cooking the chicken on alow heat , stirring it occasionally..
5. If you are using tofu or Quorn as above picture, a marinating time of one to 3 hours is sufficient. Make sure the tofu and quorn are cut into quite large but still bite sized pieces..
6. In a separate pan add the tomato for a short while until some of the liquid has evaporated. Then add the cold butter and the paprika and stir for about one minute ..
7. If you feel you like this to be a little more sour you can add a few drops balsamic vinegar but this is optional..
8. Grind up the fenugreek leaves into a powder and add or add a sprinkle of dried fenugreek and the garam mascara. Add a pinch of salt or salt substitute to taste. After 30-45 seconds add the cream. Mix well with the chicken or tofu pieces and serve straight away.

Just follow the easy steps to recreate the magic. It does take a bit of time, but the results are so worth the effort. It's one of our monthly meals at the Zimmern house, and it's yet another brilliant way to do chicken. It includes garam masala and other spices that are commonly found in grocery stores. You can make it as spicy or mild as you like—just adjust the cayenne.